CENTREVILLE, Mich. — Glen Oaks Community College may
rethink its practice of offering free tuition to students age 60 or older, an
offer that has led some seniors to enroll full-time in the college’s nursing
program, according to the Three Rivers Commercial-News. That is one of Glen
Oaks’ most expensive programs.

The waivers cost the college about $15,000 last year,
President Gary Wheeler told trustees at a recent meeting, the Commercial-News
reported. Wheeler said that state law allows for senior citizen tuition
waivers, but doesn’t require it, according to the Commercial-News. He said a
number of enrollees are retraining for second careers.

Trustees took no action to change the current policy,
though they discussed raising the minimum age for free tuition to 65, or
placing tuition-waived seniors in classes on a space-available basis only.